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1. IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1368-1390
Title:
File 12: Shipping
Scope & Content:
The Shipping subject files comprise correspondence and papers relating to commercial shipping at Bahrain and in the wider Persian Gulf. The principal correspondents in the files are: the Political Agent at Bahrain; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; representatives of the Government of ...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic, English, and Persian
Date Range:
1924-1950
Extent:
23 volumes and files (2293 folios)

2. IOR/R/15/2/1388

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1388
Title:
‘File 12/18 Registration of sailing vessels’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence exchanged between the Political Residency in the Persian Gulf and the Political Agency at Bahrain, relating to the registration of sailing vessels. Included in the file is a copy of a Government of India notification No. 2394-E, dated 23 August 1884, relating to...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1947-14 Jul 1950
Extent:
1 file (8 folios)

3. IOR/R/15/2/1382

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1382
Title:
‘File 12/12 Shipping. Miscellaneous’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises miscellaneous correspondence concerning shipping in the Persian Gulf, including: in March 1936, an enquiry from the Director of the Bahrain Customs House concerning the visit of the SS Arabistan to Muscat in February 1936 (ff 3-6); in June 1936, a notice issued at Bahrain by t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
1 Mar 1936-29 Mar 1950
Extent:
1 file (67 folios)

4. IOR/R/15/2/1390

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1390
Title:
‘File 12/20 Correspondence regarding ships articles deposited with the Agency’
Scope & Content:
The file chiefly comprises letters received by the Political Agency from Gray, Mackenzie and Company, enclosing articles from vessels at Bahrain, for endorsement by the Agency. Most of the letters have dated handwritten notes, usually made by the Assistant Political Agent (A.P.A.), confirming tha...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
12 Mar 1950-23 Dec 1950
Extent:
1 file (33 folios)

5. IOR/R/15/2/1379

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1379
Title:
‘File 12/9 Shipping – Proposal re: Chartering a vessel other than that of B.I.S.N. Co’s [British India Steam Navigation Company] + Japanese lines for importing various commodities in Bahrain by Messrs. Dhamanmal Isardas of Bahrain’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises two pieces of correspondence. The first is from Dhamanmal Isardas, merchant and commission agent in Bahrain, to the Political Agent at Bahrain (Lieutenant-Colonel Percy Gordon Loch), dated 3 January 1934. Isardas writes that he has received instructions from his Bombay office t...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Jan 1934-6 Jan 1934
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

6. IOR/R/15/2/1374

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1374
Title:
‘File 12/6 Marine Note of Protest’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the raising of notes of protest by various parties, in response to damage sustained to vessels at sea, or loss of cargo from vessels while at sea. The file’s principal correspondents are: the Master of the SS Begum, O G Rowland Jones; the Chief Local...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
10 Oct 1931-14 Sep 1941
Extent:
1 file (52 folios)

7. IOR/R/15/2/1389

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1389
Title:
‘File 12/19 Mercury Boat Lines. Miscellaneous Correspondence’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: a letter from Robert E Williamson, General Manager of Mercury Boat Lines, dated 29 January 1949, announcing the commencement of Mercury Boat Lines’ new passenger services, with an enclosed outline of vessels, timetables (Manama, Al Khobar [Al-Khubar], Ras Tanura [Ra’s Tanūrah]...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Jan 1949-13 Aug 1949
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

8. IOR/R/15/2/1386

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1386
Title:
‘File 12/16 Merchant Shipping Acts and instructions to Consuls’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises copies of instructions to British Consuls, in the form of letters, printed circulars, notices and forms, issued by the Ministry of Transport (or the Ministry of War Transport during the Second World War) and relating to merchant shipping, including regulations and government p...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1931-25 Sep 1950
Extent:
1 file (134 folios)

9. IOR/R/15/2/1373

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1373
Title:
‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence and other papers relating to incidents involving local cargo vessels, frequently referred to as country craft, travelling through the Persian Gulf, usually between ports in Iraq, Iran and India. The incidents referred to include the sinking and running aground o...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
21 Apr 1945-4 Nov 1950
Extent:
1 file (153 folios)

10. IOR/R/15/2/1380

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/R/15/2/1380
Title:
‘File 12/10 Shipping notice’
Scope & Content:
The file comprises correspondence relating to the distribution of notices concerning shipping regulations at Bahrain and along the Trucial Coast. Correspondence dated 1935 (ff 2-8) relates to a notice, issued by the Deputy Conservator of the Bombay Port Trust, dated 12 June 1935, announcing the e...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
12 Jun 1935-26 Jun 1938
Extent:
1 file (10 folios)